Race is a complex social construct that can encompass various factors, including ancestry, culture, and self-identification. If you have one Black parent and one white parent, you may identify as biracial or multiracial. Ultimately, how you choose to identify may depend on personal, familial, and cultural influences. It's important to respect individual experiences and choices regarding racial identity.
A mulatto is the child of one black parent and one white parent. It doesn't matter which parent is black or white. As long as one parent is black and one parent is white, then you are a mulatto.
Mulatto denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent or a person who has both black ancestry and white ancestry.
You named it... Bi-Racial. Although many "forms" that a child or parent may be faced with do not include this "option" when the race of a child is required. One may choose to check " other" in the form, or simply write it in
I and many other mixed race people prefer mixed race, half cast is rather offensive
It is an old fashioned term meaning a person who has one black parent and one white parent, someone who is mixed race.
They could be considered Mixed, white or black.
To have a black baby one of the parents needs to be black. A mixed race couple can have a black baby. It isn't unheard of for a white couple to have a black baby is they have black relatives (parent or grandparent).
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceMulatto (Spanish mulato, small mule, person of mixed race, mulatto, from mulo, mule, from Old Spanish, from Latin mūlus.) is a person of mixed black and white ancestry or the offspring of one white parent and one black parent or someone 50% black and 50% white.
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I haven't read his book but I can tell you he is mixed race. He has one black parent and one white parent. Due to what is known as the 1% rule, Americans generally just refer to him as black, but outside of the USA he would be called mixed race.
mixed race
they can be white